Biodiesel Process Engineer

Company: Cargill
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: June 29, 2025

Job Description:

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain business. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver essential products.Job Purpose and ImpactThe Biodiesel Process Engineer will apply engineering techniques to improve complex manufacturing processes and products. In this role, you will provide technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement and project management skills and be a contributing member of a team on complex issues related to the operational domain area. You will provide oversight of external third parties that are utilized at the site and improve the stability, capability and availability of processes while reducing variability and mitigating risks in the operational area. You will provide insights to enable the operational area to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets, while protecting our people, communities, the environment and assets and honor our business obligations.Key AccountabilitiesCollect and analyze complex operational data and trends and provide recommendations and plans to improve the performance and reporting process of manufacturing equipment and processes and ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators.Collaborate with maintenance leadership to plan, recommend and schedule maintenance of complex plant systems using reliability models and predictive technologies.Partner with internal technology and finance operations stakeholders to monitor and manage variable and fixed costs at the site.Plan and monitor production shutdowns and ensure legal and preventive maintenance compliance of manufacturing equipment.Partner with manufacturing technology engineers to analyze capital expenditures and complex project designs to find more efficient, cost effective approaches and promote higher quality and reliable outcomes.Provide oversight to third party personnel and set priorities, monitor safety and improve their skills over time.Partner with relevant personnel from other departments within the site or across the business to recommend benchmark practices and create strategies.You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff. There are also some events that might need to work on the weekends and on-call.Other duties as assignedLI-KP1QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experiencePossesses comprehensive knowledge of engineering subject matterMinimum of four years of related work experiencePreferred QualificationsUnderstanding of operational data portfolio of technologiesLean six sigma green belt certificationStrong project management aptitude and experienceStrong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience or certificationsPosition Details• Location: MO-Kansas City • Relocation support may be provided• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this positionEqual Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet. Salary: . Date posted: 05/01/2025

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